Page 16 - Table of Contents Chapter 1 Georgia’s Teenage and Adult Driver x Responsibility Act (TADRA) Chapter 2 Traffic Laws & Safe Driving x Chapter 3 Alcohol and Drug Awareness x Chapter 4 Summary and Discussion x Parent/Teen Driving Agreement x Messages

Chapter 1: TADRA • In Georgia, the term “passenger vehicle”
• TADRA is an acronym for Georgia’s
Teenage and Adult Driver Responsibility Act.
• According to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), motor
vehicle crashes are the leading cause of
death for U.S. teens, accounting for more
than one in three deaths in this age group.
About seven (7) teens ages 16 to 19 die
everyday from motor vehicle injuries.
• Pursuant to “Joshua’s Law,” proof of having
completed an approved driver training
course consisting of at least 30 hours of
theoretical instruction (classroom or online)
and 6 hours of practical behind-the-wheel
instruction (instructor or parent taught) is
required to obtain a Provisional License
(Class D) at age 16 or 17.During the first
six months following the issuance of a
Provisional License (Class D), only the
driver's immediate family members
may ride in the vehicle.
• The term “immediate family member”
includes the license holder’s parents and
step-parents, grandparents, siblings and
step-siblings, children, and any other person
who resides at the license holder’s
residence.
• In Georgia, persons under 21 years of age
vehicle blood
or
are presumed to be DUI, in
violation of O.C.G.A. §40-6-391(k)(1).
Chapter 2: Traffic Laws and Safe Driving
• Safety belts have proven to be the most
effective occupant protection in all types of
vehicle crashes.
• Driving at high speeds or "going too fast"
reduces a driver’s ability to steer safely
around curves or objects in the roadway,
extends the distance necessary to stop a
vehicle, and decreases the reaction time
needed to avoid a dangerous situation.
• The fatal crash rate of teenage drivers 16-19
years of age is about four times as high at
night.
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means every motor vehicle, including, but not
limited to, pickup trucks, vans, and sport
utility vehicles designed to carry 15
passengers or fewer and used for the
transportation of persons.
• Two or more peer passengers more than
triples the risk of a fatal crash with a teen
behind the wheel.
• Maintaining at least a 3-second space margin
between your vehicle and the vehicle in front
of you not only provides you with visibility,
time, and space to help avoid rear-end
crashes, but also allows you to steer or brake
out of danger at moderate speeds.
• The Hands-Free Georgia Act (O.C.G.A. §40-
6-241) prohibits the use of handheld devices
while driving a motor vehicle.
Chapter 3: Alcohol and Drug Awareness
• Alcohol is used by young people in the
United States more often than tobacco or
illicit drugs.
• The minimum legal drinking age in Georgia is
21.
• Marijuana continues to be the most
commonly used illicit drug among youth in the
United States.
• Georgia law bans the sale and possession of
“bath salts” and K2, a substance more
commonly referred to as “synthetic
marijuana,” and marketed as incense.
• In Georgia, pursuant to O.C.G.A. §40-5-75,
the driver’s license of any person convicted
of driving or being in actual physical control
of any moving vehicle while under the
influence of a controlled substance or
marijuana shall be suspended by operation of
law.
• Refusal to submit to state-administered
chemical tests of your blood, breath, urine, or
other bodily substances for the purpose of
determining if you are under the influence of
alcohol or drugs will result in the suspension
of your Georgia driver’s license and privilege
to drive on the highways of this state for a
minimum period of 1 year for each refusal.